When the white supremacist rally in Virginia erupted in violence this summer, Dr. Robert E. O’Connor ’78, director of the University of Virginia Medical Center Hospital's Emergency Department, faced the largest multiple-casualty incident of his career.
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At a time of conflict and divide, the College is working to bring students, faculty, and staff together to support one another and engage these important issues through peaceful and constructive dialogue.
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A chemistry major, Haupt now sets her sights on a Ph.D. in bioengineering, focusing on research and innovation. She encourages graduates to embrace opportunities and stay engaged.
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As the 10th anniversary of Haverford’s Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative passes, students continue to reap the benefits of a program that provides real-world experience.
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The Haverford College Arboretum hosted a planting event in which community members and local volunteers planted over a dozen different native tree species saplings near the Duck Pond’s stream bank.
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The LIFTFAR initiative will offer supplemental support to address the often hidden needs that exceed the parameters of matriculation-focused financial aid.
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This course surveys anthropological approaches to architecture, with a particular interest in how architecture expresses senses of place.
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The Black Extra/ordinary Symposium, organized by Assistant Professor Christina Knight, welcomed scholars, curators and artists from the greater Philadelphia area to campus’ new VCAM building for an explosive keynote performance and a day of discussions about black representation in fine arts, historical archives, and other visual landscapes.
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This biology course challenges students to confront issues relevant to human impacts on oceans and asks them to engage in a conversation about the best strategies and practices to mitigate these effects based on scientific knowledge.
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The psychology major, who also minored in environmental studies, used her thesis to explore the role hope plays in environmental activism.
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William Zachs took a hands-on approach in his lecture, which was a part of Haverford College Libraries’ Texts and Technology series.
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This team-taught, case-studies-based course is the College’s introduction to the Tri-Co Environmental Studies Program.
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The research that the chemistry major conducted for her thesis contributed to a paper she co-authored with her advisor and other Fords that was recently published in the American Chemical Society journal Biochemistry.
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This philosophy course examines how we learn and gain experiential knowledge by investigating such questions as “Is experience the same as expertise, and is it required for the acquisition of expertise?”
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Students and faculty from the departments of astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, physics, and psychology from the Tri-Co and beyond were invited to present posters and give talks about their summer research work.
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James Weissinger '06, associate director of the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and operations manager for VCAM, discusses the newest campus building and his hopes for its future.
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The Ruth Marshall Magill Professor of Music has written 13 new solo piano pieces inspired by the College's history and plans for its future, which he will premiere Oct. 28 at an event celebrating the recent conclusion of the successful capital campaign.
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Fords Against Boredom’s first off-campus event of the year was the annual trip to Linvilla Orchards for apple picking.
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